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Monthly Archives: February 2013
The Perfect Day
At the end of the day, when I’m in bed and the lights are out, I realize once again, that I have not kept to good routines. For instance I haven’t exercised and was sedentary all day, didn’t touch a … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged book, day, exercise, floss, good, perfect day, read, routine, writers
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The Year of the Water Snake
It seems quite coincidental that it’s been raining so much this Chinese New Year and it also happens to be the year of the water snake.
New Cafe: Dolce Tokyo at Somerset 313
Branding really does count, because at first glance, I was impressed by this new cafe at 313 Somerset that had replaced Blue Mountain cafe, but once I saw that MOF was the company behind it, it fell a couple of … Continue reading
A Day at 100AM Mall: Dragons, Lions, Hong Kong Style Pastries
My second time at 100AM mall. As you can see, I was pretty enthralled by the Imperial Dragon Bakery Cafe logo. It reminds me of the traditional depiction you see in Chinese paper cuttings. I know it’s excessive – more … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore
Tagged 100am, bakery cafe, Cafes, dragon, French, Imperial Treasure, JeJu, Korean, lion, mall, new, Ramen, restaurant, Restaurants, Singapore, Tori King
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Omu Rice at Ma Maison
I quite like the Omu Rice served at Ma Maison. This was at the Central branch. From what I read it’s 520 calories for this Japanese take on the omlette.
Posted in Food in Singapore
Tagged calories, central, Ma Maison, mall, omlette, Omu Rice, Singapore
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How Far Back Can You Remember?
Would love to hear about your earliest childhood memories and what age you were at the time. It seems most people can only recall as far back as age 6. Makes me wonder if there are suppressed memories. Wrote about … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings, Singapore Living, White as Milk
Tagged babies, childhood, long term, memories, short term, toddlers
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Tempted at Muji
Love the clean designs of Japanese goods, and Muji’s food products are so pretty. Even simple things like marshmellows. But prices are not low (compared to Ikea), and it’s quite a splurge if you decide to get anything here.
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged Daily Photo, design, mall, Marina Square, Muji, shopping, Singapore
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My Favourite Singapore Hawker Foods & Calories
I often do a disservice tempting you with unhealthy hawker food, so I thought I’d balance it out with awareness of the various calorie counts. I believe in indulging in the best when you do indulge and not going low … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore, Health & Wellness
Tagged calories, desserts, favourite, hawker food, local, Singapore
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Allauddin’s Briyani at Tekka
After such a heavy post I thought I’d break the mood by posting about unhealthy but yummy food. What can beat briyani and Teh Alia (tea not pictured because it was so good I forgot). The chicken fell off the … Continue reading
Paralysed by Fear
In my head I know all the right steps to take, but I am paralysed by fear. Fear of rejection, fear of failure, fear of not being good enough. I know I shouldn’t care because what could be the worse … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged 7 million, doubt, ego, failure, fear, paralysed, self esteem, success, thoughts
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Enchanted by ‘A Room with a View’: Both the Book & the Movie
Am in the middle of the novel ‘A Room with a View’ and the trailer on Youtube of the 1985 movie brought back lovely memories. Would love to watch this movie again and if only our theatres screened old movies. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Movies
Tagged A Room with a View, beautiful, book, Daniel Day Lewis, E M Forster, England, Helena Bonham Carter, Italy, Movie, novel, romantic, Trailer
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Waning Concentration in the Age of the iPhone
I often feel like I’ve stagnated if I don’t work on improving myself. But often it’s so much easier to give advice then to take it. You see, I am trying to live up to my moniker ‘bookjunkie’ by getting … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged books, concentration, distractions, focus, internet, iphone, reading
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Not Impressed by Nam Nam
I decided to try this place out (new at Wheelock Place) because it’s perpetually crowded and I read some rave reviews but I’m not impressed at all. Tasted very bland to me. I’ve had a guzillion times better Pho in … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore
Tagged bland, Disappointed, Nam Nam, Pho, Vietnamese, Wheelock
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River Hongbao 2013: Sticky & Hot at the Floating Platform
It’s like a tradition of ours to check out the Chinese New Year display at the Marina Bay Floating Platform near the Esplanade. Last year it was scorching hot and even though it’s been raining it was still super hot … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged Chinese New Year, CNY2013, decorations, Esplanade, Floating Platform, golden pineapple, Lanterns, Marina Bay, water snake, zodiac
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Addicted to Candy Crush
I feel so embarrassed. After I beat my Temple Run addiction and going cold Turkey by deleting it, I am now addicted to a new tetris like game on the iPhone called Candy Crush which practically everyone on the MRT … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged addiction, candy crush, cold turkey, games, iphone, temple run, willpower
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What Were You Sure of as a 6 Year Old?
It’s sad that life beats us down and we don’t have the confidence we were born with. Was feeling introspective the other day and wrote this. Please indulge me. Always eager to hear your thoughts.
Posted in Midlife Musings, White as Milk
Tagged childhood, children, confidence, negative nelly, personal, self esteem, self fulfilling prophesies, self-fulfilling, thoughts
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Regent High Tea: Our Second Time, to Celebrate a Birthday
Since my blog diary has been empty for quite some time I thought I’d load my pictures first…with the words to come later…. Ok I can’t procrastinate any longer. But yes it was our second time at this new revamped … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore
Tagged Best, birthday, dessert, high tea, regent high tea, Singapore
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Internet Break
Sometimes I feel it’s important to take an internet break. For me it’s just to rest my eyes and recharge myself. Find my writing is getting stale and I need to read and live more before I get back to … Continue reading
7 Million?
While the world tries to reduce it’s population increase, we seem to be going in the opposite direction? 6.9 million in 2030? Lets just say 7. I like to round up numbers and don’t even like sales with prices like … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Headlines
Tagged 7 million, personal, population, Singapore, thoughts
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